Let’s face it, Google is pretty much where we all go to find things online. You probably use it a lot. Having to open your ...

Google Desktop Search is a great tool for finding stuff on a PC, but it can also be a threat to SSL remote access security. The search tool doesn’t have any known exploitable vulnerabilities, but it ...

Google has improved its Google Desktop PC and Web search application by adding to it a panel that provides information from a variety of sources, the Mountain View, Calif., company announced Monday.

Google Thursday unveiled an updated version of its desktop search tool, Google Desktop 2. The free download combines desktop search with Google Sidebar, which makes customized news and other ...

SAN FRANCISCO--A Rice University computer scientist and two of his students have discovered a potentially serious security flaw in the desktop search tool for personal computers that was recently ...

Google plans to make available on Wednesday a desktop search tool tailored for the workplace, about eight months after it introduced a similar tool for consumers. The workplace tool, called Google ...

The new software aims to make search a more personalized experience with the inclusion of a Sidebar panel. The Sidebar features several miniapplications that return or retain information based on ...

Researchers at Rice University have discovered what they say is a flaw in the beta version of Google’s Desktop Search product that could allow third parties to access users’ search result summaries, ...

Google is adopting continuous scrolling for desktop Search results as it did for the mobile website in October 2021. Search has famously shown 10 blue links, though ...

The last time Google added favicons to desktop Search in early 2020 there was an uproar, but the company is now rolling out a new design. Back in October, mobile Search received larger favicons and ...

Google Inc. is bringing its proven search capabilities to a Windows XP- or Windows 2000-equipped computer near you, helping users to catalog most of the files and content on their PCs through its ...

New PC indexing tools such as Google Inc.’s Google Desktop Search pose security risks to businesses that use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) remote access because the tools copy material accessed during ...